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Welcome to the United States Naval Academy's blog sponsored by the United States Naval Academy. This page is intended to provide updated information and discussion on the United States Naval Academy. Please visit our official homepage at http://www.usna.edu/.

While this is an open forum, it's also a family friendly one, so please keep your comments and wall posts clean. In addition to keeping it family friendly, we ask that you follow our posting guidelines here. Comments and posts that do not follow these guidelines will be removed:

- We do not allow use of offensive language to create a hostile and intimidating environment, including graphic, obscene, explicit or racial comments or submissions, or comments that are abusive, hateful or intended to defame anyone or any organization.

- We do not allow comments that demean, harass or bully people based on gender, ethnic or racial background, religious or political beliefs, physical appearance or sexual orientation.

- While constructive criticism is often useful to make this site better, posting negative comments in a public forum will rarely solve an issue. If you see something that requires attention, email the public affairs office at pao@usna.edu.

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-We do not allow comments that suggest or encourage illegal activity.

-Apparent spam will be removed and may cause the author(s) to be blocked from page without notice.

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